UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria has agreed to allow U.N. inspectors to visit three sites to investigate accusations of chemical weapons use during the country's 2-year-old civil war, the United Nations said on Wednesday.Full story

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Rwanda said on Wednesday the decision by a U.N. intervention brigade to forcibly disarm people in a strategic zone of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo had surprised African leaders and risked jeopardizing peace talks. Full story

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines will likely keep its peacekeeping forces in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights for six more months after securing U.N. assurances for the safety of its 342 soldiers in the ceasefire zone, Manila's foreign minister said on Wednesday. Full story

The United Nations declared Friday to be “Malala Day” in honor of Malala Yousafzai’s 16th birthday. The teen was shot in the head by the Taliban last year and now works to promote education for girls in Pakistan.

Colum Lynch, United Nations reporter for the Washington Post, talks with Rachel Maddow about questions and skepticism about the evidence of chemical weapons use by the Syrian government - the "red line" for U.S. involvement in that civil war.

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